Fictional characters · Fiction
Abdi Ağa
The oppressive landowner in Yaşar Kemal’s İnce Memed.
The Turkish name
Abdi Ağa
Recording on its way.
A fictional character from İnce Memed · Yaşar Kemal. Our illustration is a playful adaptation for this book.
The story
His treatment of the villagers is central to the conflict that sends Memed away from his village. The struggle against his power helps shape the story of İnce Memed.
İnce Memed is the first novel in a four-book series and one of the most translated works of Turkish literature. Abdi Ağa is the landowner whose cruelty turns a village boy into a bandit and a folk hero.
At a glance
- Work
- İnce Memed, 1955
- Author
- Yaşar Kemal